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' Jack Sparrow was once employed by the East India Trading Company.
He helms the Wicked Wench, an EITC merchant vessel, performing odd jobs for Cutler Beckett.
However, when Sparrow refuses to transport slaves, and instead freeing them in Africa, Beckett sanctions the torching (and sinking) of the Wicked Wench, and brands Jack Sparrow a pirate.
Jack comes to embrace his outlaw status, becoming a successful pirate with no desire to return to life under the command of others. Later, Jack petitions Davy Jones to raise his ship from the ocean floor. He rechristens her as The Black Pearl.'